The performance of current transport systems is inadequate when viewed in terms of economic efficiency, sustainability and safety. Drawing together key an impressive list of contributors from the vast field of transportation economics including Kenneth Button, David Banister and Juan Carlos Mart?n, this book investigates transport systems, and covers a wide range of topics such as: airline markets congestion charging speed control. This informative book, ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students of economics, business and industrial studies examines the tools that are necessary to effectively measure transport systems and those that are required to improve them. Utilizing advanced tools of network analysis, the contributors challenge various pieces of conventional wisdom, in particular the view that intermodal transport is more environmentally benign than road transport.
Author(s): Bart Jourquin, Piet Rietveld, Lars Westin
Edition: 1st ed
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 336
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series-Title......Page 3
Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Figures and illustrations......Page 11
Tables......Page 14
Introduction: Performance of transport networks......Page 16
Part I Efficiency and sustainability in transport......Page 30
1.1 Intermodal versus unimodal road freight transport: A review of comparisons of the external costs......Page 32
1.2 Environmental impact of underground freight transport......Page 58
1.3 Intelligent Speed Adaptation: Increased safety through speed reduction......Page 79
1.4 Peering and investments in interfaced networks......Page 95
1.5 Environmental vehicle rating system......Page 105
Part II Regulation and policies to stimulate better performance......Page 124
2.1 Is the debate over the contestability of airline markets really dead?......Page 126
2.2 Decoupling transport growth and economic growth in Europe......Page 151
2.3 Travel plans: Using good practice to inform future policy......Page 172
2.4 Economies of scale, efficiency, and government intervention in public transport......Page 193
Part III Methods and models related to valuation and efficiency analysis......Page 224
3.1 Dynamics of global supply chain supernetworks in a new era of risk and uncertainty......Page 226
3.2 Evaluating assessibility gains produced by new high-speed train services......Page 251
3.3 Evaluation of the cost performance of pre- and post-haulage in termodal freight networks: Analysis of the interaction of production models and demand characteristics......Page 271
3.4 A methodological framework to analyse the market opportunities of short sea shipping: The Adaptive Stated Preference approach......Page 300
3.5 An improved framework for large-scale multi-agent simulations fo travel behaviour......Page 320
3.6 A multi-criteria approach to the strategic assessment of advanced driver assistance systems: The role of sensitivity analysis and implementation strategy......Page 363
